#Russia published alleged intercept of #GermanyBundeswehr officers discussing the use of Taurus long-range missiles in #Ukraine. The intercept may be a deep fake, but so far it has been not denied by German government.
In the first place, it’s an obvious #OPSEC screw up on the side of German officers, one of whom was reportedly in Singapore when the call was wiretapped (do you remember 2014 Nuland and Pyatt stupidly talking over unprotected phones in Euromaidan and being picked by Russian-controlled SBU?).
But apart from that I don’t see anything in the call that would be in any way a shame for Germany, quite the opposite: they are actively supporting Ukraine with weapons and discuss their technical details. That’s great and we should have more of these, not necessarily in public and not leaked by Russians.
Some people are concerned about “escalation”, but just like with NATO personnel in Ukraine, “escalation” for whom? Because Russian media are telling their audience “Russia is at war with NATO” already since 2023. They hyped the legendary NATO presence so high that their military is already laughing at it, because they best of all know they’re fighting regular Ukrainian army with some NATO weapons and some NATO ammunition shortages.
So I believe the group the most impacted by Russian leak is those EU and US politicians who would like to prefer their position cloaked in a safe “not our war” zone.
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